Tourism

The Premier Of Nevis To Be In New York City

The Premier of Nevis – Joseph Parry Join the Premier of Nevis, the Honourable Mr. Joseph Parry, as he updates Nationals and friends of Nevis in Toronto and New York on the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) led Nevis Island Administration’s …

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Romantic Getaway To St. Kitts – Nevis

Ottleys Plantation - St. Kitts - Nevis

Ottleys Plantation – St. Kitts – Nevis

A Romantic Getaway Package To Saint Kitts – Nevis
By: Gordon Steven

You should consider taking a Romantic Getaway Package with your loved one to St Kitts, and consider very strongly one of best Caribbean Inns on the island if not the whole Caribbean. The name Ottley’s Plantation Inn may not be one you are familiar with, but as a romantic getaway idea it is hard to beat. It is a very picturesque old plantation house converted to an Inn with additional deluxe cottages built in the spacious grounds. The whole place is stunning, never more so than when you approach up the long driveway.

Ottley’s Plantation Inn on St Kitts has twenty four rooms which are housed either in the Great House, or the Cottage Rooms. There is also the most luxurious St Kitt’s Villa, and the Grand Villa. They are all decorated in English Colonial Style with wicker and mahogany furniture and floral chintzes.

A romantic getaway package should obviously be romantic, but apart from that wherever you choose to go should also make you feel totally relaxed, and Ottleys Plantation Inn will certainly do that within minutes of your arrival.

If you can afford it and they are available then choose the Royal Suite Cottages. If this is really to be a romantic getaway then you want luxury and privacy, and that is what you will get. Everything from the enormous and luxuriously furnished master bedroom , the Jacuzzi in the bathroom, to the patio with sun deck and private plunge pool lends itself to your romantic getaway package, and allows you to indulge yourself.

You will find in this very private spot on St Kitts that the service is impeccable, and the food just amazing. The staff do really seem to care about you enjoying your stay and do their best at all times to make it memorable. They have this remarkable talent for being there just at the moment you need them then seeming to vanish when you don’t. The Royal Palm restaurant has a huge and well deserved reputation for its New Island Cuisine, and you will find the menu varied and always delicious in the evenings and there is also a poolside lunch every day except Sunday when there is a Sunday Champagne Brunch.

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Changes To UK Visa Application Process

British Passport

British Passport

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been advised by the British High Commission of changes regarding the logistical arrangements for issuing visas for the United Kingdom. These changes are part of a move to concentrate decision-making on visa applications in a number of hub posts around the world, to ensure quality and improve efficiency in the face of rising demands.

The Ministry has been advised that from 2nd June 2008, the British Consulate in New York will be responsible for making decisions regarding the issuance of visas. Applicants will continue to apply to the British High Commission in Barbados, which will in turn forward the relevant documents to the British Consulate in New York.

Online applicants will be required to pay for the Visa with an internationally recognized credit card at the time of completing the visa application form. Applicants will still be required to pre-book appointments. However, applicants must also make a personal appearance at the British High Commission in Barbados to submit documents and provide the necessary biometric data.

When the British Consulate in New York would have made a decision, which may be arrived at approximately three weeks, applicants will be alerted via email. Subsequently, the British High Commission in Barbados will notify the applicant that the documents are available for collection. Alternatively, the documents could be forwarded directly to the applicant (living outside of Barbados) by courier, a service which would have been paid for during the online application process.

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PM Says, “Upscale Tourism A Must For St. Kitts – Nevis”

Turtle Bay Beach, St. Kitts - Nevis

Turtle Bay Beach, St. Kitts – Nevis
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
May 19, 2008 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says high-end tourism services must be a major component of the new economy following the closure of the sugar industry three years ago.

He also told hundreds of members and supporters attending the 76th Annual Conference of his St. Kitts – Nevis Labour Party at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort and Royal Beach Casino that Kittitians and Nevisians must always have access to the beaches, natural assets and heritage sites.

Dr. Douglas said that the diversification of the economy from sugar agriculture with tourism, financial, information and communication technology and offshore education services is already delivering substantial social and economic benefits to the people of the federation.

“The strategic focus is on the high-end sector of the tourism industry because it does not seem likely that mass tourism can deliver to our people the quality of life that is consistent with our own long-term goals and aspirations as a people. We believe that high-end tourism gives us the opportunity to obtain the best value for the services we offer the world, and creates the value added necessary to support progressive increases in the wages and salaries of our people without undermining the competitiveness of our Federation. High-end tourism services also allow us to earn substantial foreign exchange without having to accommodate large volumes of tourists and to place undue burdens on our social and economic infrastructure and on our fragile eco-system,” said the St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister.

He noted that while many persons associate high-end tourism with exclusivity, the policy of the Government on this issue is very clear and unequivocal and is properly reflected in all development agreements that have been signed to date.

“Our beaches and our natural assets and built heritage sites are the property of our people and every Kittitian and Nevisian must always have adequate access to these assets at all times,” said Prime Minister Douglas.

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Nevis Government Committed To Eye Care Program

(L-R) Dr. Warren Shatz and Dr. Raymond Hubby

(L-R) Dr. Warren Shatz and Dr. Raymond Hubby

Charlestown, Nevis
May 16, 2008

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health on Nevis Mrs. Jocelyn Liburd underscored the Nevis Island Administration’s (NIA) pledge to provide continued health care on Nevis and said the ongoing Eye Care Programme would receive all the necessary assistance to ensure continuity.
 
Mrs. Liburd told the Department of Information in a on May 15, 2008, that amid concerns surrounding the duration of the programme, the Administration had worked assiduously to ensure that it did not end following the retirement of visiting eye care specialist Dr. George Bresnick (who retired in 2007) from a voluntary service he had given to patients on Nevis for 12 years.
 
“We are committed to continue the programme even through difficult recruitment of professionals. What we are trying to do as an Administration, is to retain the services a resident ophthalmologist who will engage in follow up and to deliver emergency eye care,” she said.
 
According to Mrs. Liburd, in the interim, the Administration had utilized the services of an ophthalmologist who was resident in Antigua and held follow up clinics on Nevis and other islands.
 
Notwithstanding, eye care specialist Dr. Raymond Hubby from Massachusetts, USA, along with his business partner over Dr. Warren Shatz, who took over the eye care clinic from Dr. Bresnick, hailed the NIA for its collaborative effort to continue the programme.

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